Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पुनर्भूरिति संज्ञा सा सञ्जाता दुहिता तव । पुनर्भूर्जनयेत्पुत्रं यं कदाचित्कथंचन

Transliteration

punarbhūriti saṃjñā sā sañjātā duhitā tava | punarbhūrjanayetputraṃ yaṃ kadācitkathaṃcana

Translation

ஆகையால் உன் மகளுக்கு ‘புனர்பூ’ (மறுமணம் செய்தவள்) என்ற பெயர் ஏற்பட்டது. புனர்பூ பெண் எப்போதோ எப்படியோ ஒரு மகனைப் பெறக்கூடும்.

Word by Word

• पुनर्भूः: a remarried woman / one who becomes a wife again
• पुनर्भूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पुनः + भू (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः), ‘पुनः भूत्वा’ इति अर्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• संज्ञा: name, designation
• संज्ञा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सा: she/that (fem.)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सञ्जाता: born, arisen
• सञ्जाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु) → सञ्जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुहिता: daughter
• दुहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुनर्भूः: the remarried woman
• पुनर्भूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पुनः + भू (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

• जनयेत्: should beget, may produce
• जनयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• कदाचित्: at some time, ever
• कदाचित्: Kala-Adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कथंचन: somehow, in some way
• कथंचन: Prakara (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Daśārṇa (continuation, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly or domestic setting where the term ‘punarbhū’ is pronounced with gravity; elders and ministers exchange worried glances as the issue of progeny and propriety is raised.

Characters & Entities

• Punarbhū (legal/social category in dharma discourse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It shows how Purāṇic narratives incorporate dharma categories to discuss lineage and responsibility, framing social order as part of dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the tīrtha praise belongs to the broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse explains a social/dharmic classification rather than prescribing a rite.